In a conventional process, a chemical reaction requires a
separation sequence to purify the products, by-products and
remaining reactants. This usually takes place in several separation
devices. A common intensification alternative to these
operations involves a reactive distillation column, in which
the reaction and the separation take place in just one shell.
There are many studies on reactive distillation process; some
of them deal with the design of reactive columnsfor mixtures
up to 4 components, and some others analyze reactive
distillation columns with equilibrium and non-equilibrium
stage model